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It's a Micro World after all is a blog dedicated to discussing pretty much whatever I feel like. When I delve into scientific matters it will primarily be discussing microbiology (agricultural, bioenergy, and environmental focus). Otherwise, I'll probably ramble on about sports and life.

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6. I've blogged about my foray into the world of the "electronic office". To date, I still have yet to print out a manuscript. A combination of EndNote X4, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Word 2007 with "track changes" has meant that I can read and review all of my papers without printing anything out. In terms of saving money for printing costs ... I imagine the savings are minimal (savings of paper and ink purchased in bulk for an institution won't add up if only one person isn't using them) but I believe it's certainly helping in the productivity aspect of things, which will reap huge dividends for me personally. Plus, it does add a bit of a "green factor" to my approach which I can claim credit for as well, which is always good.

On #6 I've been thinking of buying a Kindle, but I've been told by my significant other that I may be getting one as a gift soon so I'm holding off. It was hard fighting the urge to have a paper copy, but persistence and a second monitor (which I use for email/iTunes/other background running programs) helped me get over it (for the most part). It did take a lot of retraining though to sit there and read on-screen and type notes as opposed to scribbling on paper.

The newer kindles don't have the same problem rendering images and figures. Plus they can be hacked to be a somewhat more useable tablet. It's not as mutli-purpose as an iPad, but it also doesn't have the ginormous broadcasting problems iOS has (if you don't believe me, put any iOS device on your private network and take a look at the info just broadcast over WiFi).